SI: Invasion: Lost

The counter-attack had begun; Daichi and his squads had begun their planned route through the city in order to eliminate the undead in mass. They arrived through the Eastern side and then began to make their way westward where the undead were most concentrated. The groups were mostly split and so far casualties among their own had been kept to a minimum. It however did not keep the situation at hand from being any less stressful. The dead littered the street. Bodies were here and there and what bodies had been overlooked were raised as servants for the Isles.

Daichi's group had yet to suffer causalities and things had been kept under control as they hit their half way mark. It uneased Daichi as they moved through. An inhuman cry echoed through the streets, everyone in the squad froze in their tracks as they tried to discern where the sound had come from. In the now empty streets in the ruined city, sound seemed to carry further. It seemed to have come from a side street, whatever it was wasn’t far off. What came next was the sound of heavy footsteps; something charging.

“Watch the side roads!” Daichi ordered as the entire group went on the defensive. The footsteps grew louder. One of the buildings to the right exploded outward, debris fell everywhere and cluttered the streets. A monster that was best described as a towering juggernaut stitched and sewn together to create something foul. It was something that should not be. As the beast barreled through, two unfortunate summoners were unable to act in time to defend themselves and were killed outright by a combination of a beast that cared little of its own well-being and large pieces of building debris.

Down the side road they had been ordered to watch. Another came into view, barely fitting in. Other sounds seemed to come from ahead and from that road. Undead, moaning and rushing to the sounds of destruction and the smell of fresh blood. Daichi and his clones quickly acted and harnessed their energy and acted against the target that was immediately before them.

“Stick to the plan!” Daichi shouted, keeping himself collected as he and his group unleashed a torrent of Cyro based magic that froze the beast almost completely solid as it swung. Unable to support its own weight or the impact of the blow, it struck the ground and broke into a little over a dozen pieces. However, it didn’t change the fact they were being swarmed. Daichi did his best assess the situation, but before he could grasp what was occurring the building that the first behemoth had crashed through began to collapse. It was by no means a small building either, the larger portion of a tower came crashing down into the middle of the street.

“GET OUT OF THE STEEET!” He and several others shouted in panic as the group scattered, most blowing their ghost as the building came down. Some were caught beneath the building, as were some of the undead that filled the street. However, most survived. Unfortunately for Daichi, he found himself cut off from the rest of the group. In his panic he rushed into an ally way adjacent from the now destroyed building. When things settled enough to check his surroundings he found that the way he’d entered was sealed.

“Dammit…” This was bad. The battle raged, he had no doubts the group couldn’t handle it despite their losses however he was going to be forced to regroup. In his attempt to survive, he’d only managed to salvage one of his clones. He sighed heavily and began to work cautiously down the alleyway.